The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between dietary attitudes and dietary behaviors with perceived health status, body satisfaction and blood biochemical value. The research subjects are freshman of a pravite college in central Taiwan. 554 students completed the interview which is 85.9 % of the population. Data were collected by a structured questionnare , include attitude of diet, behavior of diet,
perceived health status and body satisfaction. Cronbach alpha,s are between 0.76~0.81.
The main findings are as following:
1. Two third of the students had breakfast while one third of them miss one meal because of waking up late or too busy. The results indicate that most of the students dietary habits were inappropriate. The intake of milk, fruits and vegetables was not enough.The students had some bad eating behaviors such as?having snack before going to bed?,?taking snack?,?taking soft drink?.
2. Female students, students of Environmental Design college and non smoker had better dietary attitudes. Higher monthly cost and higher soft drink expenditure were with worse dietary attiudes. Those who live at home, have one meal outside home and no drink habit had better dietary behavior. Better dietary attitudes and better dietary behaviors were positively correlated (r=0.24,p<0.001).
3. Those who live at home, have one motion a day and non-smoker, had better perceived health status. Students with underweight and male students had higher body satisfaction. The average Liker score of body satisfaction was 2.8, less than 3.0, indicated the lower body satisfaction. The perceived health status and body satisfaction were positively correlated(r=0.23,p<0.001).
4. Better dietary attitude and perceived health status were positively correlated. Better dietary behavior was positively correlated with perceived health status and body satisfaction
5. BMI value positively correlated with blood uric acid, hemoglobin and total cholesterol. Better dietary attitudes
6. negatively correlated with uric acid and hemoglobin. The prevalence of obesity were 18.4%. The average value of uric acid and total
cholesterol among the obesity was significant higher than those not.
